Facility Evaluation Report

LPA Hiratsuka conducted this unannounced annual visit. LPA toured with Christi Coffey, Program Manager. Administrator Aimee Medeiros was conducting a cooking class with clients. The main entrance to the program is from an outside staircase located when facing the front of the building to the left and back part of the building the program rents space from. The main entrance opens to a large common area. The common area serves as a work space as well as an art gallery to sell the art work produced by the clients of the program. To the left there are several small rooms that are used as offices and a quiet area. To the right leads to several more rooms that are connected to the large, long common area. All the rooms are used for art projects. There is one room used for woodworking that is locked when not in use. There's a kitchenette area. There are two restrooms for the clients. This program provides art supplies to the clients so the clients can produce the artwork. There is also an outside area the clients are able to use as a garden. The garden area is fenced in. LPA observed clients working on art projects and asked some of them what they were working on.